By Steven Symes 
A Utah man wasn’t pleased with the used Subaru Outback he purchased from a Mazda dealership, so he drove it through the showroom doors, crashing into the reception desk. While we can understand being frustrated by how a dealer treats you, nothing justifies this kind of behavior, not even if a dealership outright takes your money and doesn’t give you a vehicle.
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Someone inside the dealership’s showroom took video of the incident after the man threatened to drive the car through the doors. Sure enough, he barreled the Subaru wagon right through the doors and into the reception desk, the car sustaining only the most minor of damage in the process.
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The man bought a Subaru Outback from Tim Dahle Mazda on Monday morning, According to Sandy(Utah) Police
He later returned, claiming the car had mechanical problems… pic.twitter.com/fy2JGiHkZt
The man then gets out of the vehicle and says something about how he warned staff he’d drive the car through the doors. A guy yells for someone to call the cops and later we see the suspect getting cuffed by police.
This is the sort of thing you hear people fantasize about doing, but everyone knows no matter how poorly a dealer treats you, this will in fact make things worse.
In this case, the man purchased the Subaru earlier the same day, December 9, but wanted to return it to Tim Dahle Mazda in Sandy, Utah. He claimed the car had mechanical issues (shocker, a Subaru). But the dealership reportedly refused, saying the vehicle had been sold “as is” and the deal was final.
Furious, the man threatened to return the car through the front doors of the showroom if he didn’t get his money back. Then he actually did it.
According to a KSL report, seven of the dealership’s employees said they had to get out of the way to avoid being hit by the Subaru. The man was charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, and economic interruption. Damage to the dealership is estimated to be about $10,000.
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